Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B L Rej. 297128-1855, Edward Edwards, Mass

Class
Edwards, Edward
B.L. Rec. 897128-1855
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES BOUNTY LAND FILES  ACT OF 1855-Rejected 297128  VETERAN Edward Edwards  REV. GRADE Private  SERVICE Col Brooks  PAN NO 1827 HANDLE NO 93

Capt. A. Edwards. Hillsboro, N.C. 1859.
297. 128 act Mar 3/83
Jan 17/89
Jane Edwards wid of
Edward Edwards &c Special Private
Rejected
Revolutionary war
Capt A. Edwards Presents

297.128
Claim Mrs. Jane Edwards wid. of. Edward Edwards private in War of the Revolution In Warrant Act 1855
Special Agent
Capt. A. Edwards Present Agent Trenton N. J.

WIDOW'S DECLARATION.
State of Michigan, } ss:
COUNTY OF Wayne .....
On this fifth  5 th day of January , A. D. 18 59 , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mrs. Jane Edwards , aged 70 years, a resident of Munquagon in the State of Michigan , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that She is the Widow of Edward Edwards the identical person who was a private in the Company commanded by Capt. B. V. R. in the Regiment of commanded by Col. B. V. R. , in the WAR. Of the Revolution, Massachusetts Continental Line . That her said husband served during the last three years of said war for about the 185 days, was pensioned under the Act of 1838 , and for good and honorable service at Manuagon to said Edward Edwards and of his death , respectfully refers the Commissioner of Pensions to the papers filed with her said application in the pension office .
She further states that she was married to the said Edward Edwards on the 10 th day of March , A. D. 18 25 , by one Rev. John L. Bird , and that her name before her said marriage was Jane ; that her said husband died at Munquagon , on the 10 th day of March , A. D. 18 55 ; and that she is now a Widow .
She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the 300 Bounty Land to which she may be entitled, under the Act approved March 3 rd , A. D. 1855. She also declares that she has never applied for or received, under this or any other Act of Congress, any Bounty Land Warrant except a warrant for her said husband's enlisted service in the war of 1812 .
THEREFORE, Be it Known , That I, A. Edwards , her son aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint R. M. Lyon , of Detroit, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to apply for and receive from the Commissioner of Pensions of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Land which may be due to me as aforesaid, with full power of substitution.
[SIGNED] Jane Edwards her  mark
[TWO WITNESSES.] WE, William Davis and George Gray , residents of Munquagon Wayne County , in the State of Michigan , upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing Declaration was signed and acknowledged by Jane Edwards in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and is still a widow .
[SIGNED] Wm Davis George Gray
The foregoing Declaration and Affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I Certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and is still a widow ; and that she acknowledged in my presence the execution of the Power of Attorney subjoined to said Declaration to be her free act and deed; and that I have no interest in this claim.
A L Bird Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the within named A. L. Bird that he is a Particular of the Place that the within is his signature
A. L. Bird
Washington 19 Jan. 1859 "